I lived in Japan for a number of years, speak Japanese, am married to a Japanese citizen, and am a software engineer. I loved living in Japan, but there is a r

I lived in Japan for a number of years, speak Japanese, am married to a Japanese citizen, and am a software engineer. I loved living in Japan, but there is a reason I don't live or work there anymore. My biggest problem with Japan is the corporate culture, which values butt-in-chair MUCH more than actual work. Second to that was the pay. I doubled my salary by coming back to America, and my cost of living went down as well. I still like visiting Japan, and I may go there when I retire, but I would never work there again. The corporate culture is just too nanny-like and the pay is utter crap.